{
  "id": 4325276,
  "title": "Serian air pollution hits hazardous level as haze blankets Sarawak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-air-pollution-hits-hazardous-level-as-haze-blankets-sarawak",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T01:58:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/126732/serian-air-pollution-hits-hazardous-level-as-haze-blankets-sarawak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sarawak's air quality plummeted to hazardous levels on Sunday morning as thick haze engulfed the region. The Serian District Police Headquarters monitoring station recorded an alarming Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 364 at 8am, signaling hazardous conditions. Three other areas - Samarahan, Kuching, and Sri Aman - reported very unhealthy air quality, with API readings of 300, 291, and 214 respectively. Eight additional monitoring stations logged unhealthy air quality, including Sarikei (195), Sibu (187), Bintulu (179), Samalaju (171), Mukah (170), Kapit (159), Miri (155), and the Miri Industrial Training Institute (ILP Miri) at 151. The API scale ranges from 0 to 50 (good), 51 to 100 (moderate), 101 to 200 (unhealthy), 201 to 300 (very unhealthy), and above 300 (hazardous). Hourly updates are provided based on data from 68 air quality monitoring stations throughout the country.",
  "summary": "AIR quality in Serian reached hazardous levels on Sunday morning as worsening haze continued to blanket parts of Sarawak. The Serian District Police Headquarters monitoring station recorded an Air Pollutant Index (API) reading of 364 at 8am, accordin...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Borneo Post Online",
        "title": "Serian’s API hits hazardous 357, three Sarawak areas very unhealthy as of 7am on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serians-api-hits-hazardous-357-three-sarawak-areas-very-unhealthy-as",
        "published": "2026-08-30T00:31:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Serian tops hazardous API chart at 364, multiple Sarawak districts suffer worsening air",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-tops-hazardous-api-chart-at-364-multiple-sarawak-districts",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:20:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Serian records hazardous API reading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/serian-records-hazardous-api-reading",
        "published": "2026-08-30T01:30:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}